@Lana The father consults the wise men, asking "What do I do?" They answer him, "Do nothing! It is not for you to solve." The child goes to the professor, who tells him, "The aylonit upholds the same mitzvot as the man. (Ehhhh... mostly. We would not be Jewish, if every rule were easily followed.) So put on new clothes, and know that G-d has made a place on Earth for you, too. Go now, and fill it." So he did.

And this is what happens when sensible ethics is part of religious tradition.